Proverbs 7
1 O son my keep words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
Ọmọ mi, pa ọ̀rọ̀ mi mọ́, sì fi àwọn òfin mi pamọ́ sínú ọkàn rẹ.
2 Keep commandments my and live and instruction my like [the] pupil of eyes your.
Pa òfin mi mọ́, ìwọ yóò sì yè tọ́jú ẹ̀kọ́ mi bí ẹyinlójú rẹ.
3 Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Kọ wọ́n sí ọwọ́ òsì rẹ, má ṣe fi jẹun kọ wọ́n sí inú wàláà àyà rẹ.
4 Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
Wí fún ọgbọ́n pé, “Ìwọ ni arábìnrin mi,” sì pe òye ní ìbátan rẹ.
5 To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
Wọn yóò pa ó mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin alágbèrè, kúrò lọ́wọ́ àjèjì obìnrin àti ọ̀rọ̀ ìtànjẹ rẹ̀.
6 For at [the] window of house my through lattice my I looked down.
Ní ojú fèrèsé ilé è mi mo wo ìta láti ojú fèrèsé.
7 And I saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
Mo rí i láàrín àwọn aláìmọ̀kan mo sì kíyèsi láàrín àwọn ọ̀dọ́kùnrin, ọ̀dọ́ kan tí ó ṣe aláìgbọ́n.
8 [who] was passing by In the street beside corner her and [the] direction of house her he strode.
Ó ń lọ ní pópónà ní tòsí i ilé alágbèrè obìnrin náà, ó ń rìn lọ sí ọ̀nà ilé e rẹ̀.
9 At twilight in [the] evening of [the] day in [the] middle of [the] night and darkness.
Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ bí oòrùn ṣe ń wọ̀, bí òkùnkùn ṣe ń bo ni lára.
10 And there! a woman to meet him [the] garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan jáde wá láti pàdé rẹ̀, ó múra bí panṣágà pẹ̀lú ètè búburú.
11 [is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
(Ó jẹ́ aláriwo àti alágídí, ìdí rẹ̀ kì í jókòó nílé;
12 A time - in the street a time in the open places and beside every corner she lies in wait.
bí ó ti ń já níhìn-ín ní ó ń já lọ́hùn ún gbogbo orígun ni ó ti ń ba ní ibùba.)
13 And she takes hold on him and she kisses him she has made firm face her and she said to him.
Ó dìímú, ó sì fẹnukò ó ní ẹnu pẹ̀lú ojú díndín ó wí pé,
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
“Mo ní ọrẹ àlàáfíà ní ilé; lónìí ni mo san ẹ̀jẹ́ mi.
15 There-fore I have come out to meet you to seek face your and I have found you.
Nítorí náà ni n o ṣe jáde wá pàdé è rẹ; mo wá ọ káàkiri mo sì ti rí ọ!
16 Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
Mo ti tẹ́ ibùsùn mi pẹ̀lú aṣọ aláràbarà láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
17 I have sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon.
Mo ti fi nǹkan olóòórùn dídùn sí ibùsùn mi bí i òjìá, aloe àti kinamoni.
18 Come! let us take our fill of love until the morning let us delight ourselves with love.
Wá, jẹ́ kí a lo ìfẹ́ papọ̀ ní kíkún títí di àárọ̀; jẹ́ kí a gbádùn ara wa pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́!
19 For not the husband [is] in house his he has gone on a journey from a distance.
Ọkọ ọ̀ mi ò sí nílé; ó ti lọ sí ìrìnàjò jíjìn.
20 [the] bag of Money he has taken in hand his to [the] day of the full moon he will come house his.
Ó mú owó púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ kò sì ní darí dé kí ó tó di ọ̀sán.”
21 She turns him with [the] greatness of persuasiveness her with [the] seductiveness of lips her she impels him.
Pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ dídùn ó sì í lọ́nà; ó tàn án jẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu dídùn.
22 [he is] walking Behind her suddenly like an ox [which] to [the] slaughter it goes and like an anklet to [the] chastening of a fool.
Òun sì tọ̀ ọ́ lọ lẹsẹ̀ kan náà, bí i màlúù tí ń lọ sí ibi pípa, tàbí bí àgbọ̀nrín tí ń lọ sí ibi okùn ìso.
23 Until it will pierce an arrow liver his as hurries a bird into a trap and not he knows that [is] for life his it.
Títí tí ọ̀kọ̀ fi gún un ní ẹ̀dọ̀, bí ẹyẹ ṣe ń fẹ́ wọ inú okùn, láìmọ̀ pé yóò gba ẹ̀mí òun.
24 And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
Nítorí náà báyìí ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, tẹ́tí sí mi fọkàn sí nǹkan tí mo sọ.
25 May not it turn aside to ways her heart your may not it go astray in pathways her.
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ kí ó yà sí ọ̀nà rẹ̀, tàbí kí ó rìn lọ sí ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
26 For many slain [ones] she has made fall and [are] numerous all killed [men] her.
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó ti fà lulẹ̀. Ogunlọ́gọ̀ àwọn alágbára ni ó ti pa.
